>> coming up this morning. >> an arlington county police officer seriously injured on the job an accidentic vest gas will impact traffic in the air -- investigation will impact traffic in the area. fairfax county a man found shot to death inside his own home. >> plus the white house seems optimistic to tackle the nations debt are new tax hikes on the table. it has not been the prettiest view from the tower cam we zoomed it in so you didn't see the haze out there, it is july 20th, glad you are with us. i am steve. >> i am sarah in for alison.

haze and humidity, the forecast the next couple days, talking triple digits, very quiet conditions showers and thunderstorms bubbled up yesterday daytime heat and we are waking up with that haze it is clear skies just so much walter in the atmosphere -- water in the atmosphere we have haze. 77 regan national not cool for 7:00 a.m., here is your forecast today more of the same hazy, hot, humid might be an isolated storm late today high temperature 94, 95 degrees again, even more heat tomorrow details coming up for you in just a couple minutes. all right steve and sarah, back to you at the desk. new this morning a police officer seriously hurt during an accident. >> the investigation is expected to have an impact on the morning commute happening

near washington boulevard, north glieb road arlington. good morning stacy. >> good morning sarah. it is having an impact on morning rush hours this intersection is shut down it is a very busy thorough way. if you look behind me though they are making progress clearing this accident scene. what happened 2:15 a.m. an officer responding to a call for a fight at falston mall heading southbound, north glieb road the officers suv collided with that vehicle ther by a female the officer was seriously injured taken to hospital the female was also injured and said to have minor injuries, now i spoke to arlington county police earlier this morning here is what they had to say about the prospect for reopening. >> we are trying to reconstruct the accident find out what happened numerous pieces of evidence we have to collect, photograph the scene and map it

out. >> reporter: any estimates on road closures? >> we don't. we are trying to get things opened up as soon as possible we realize this is a main intersection and will effect rush hour. >> reporter: for more how it is effecting rush hour and your traffic over to lauren. yeah, we do have congestion in the area you want to think about 29, glieb highway, washington boulevard itself and wilson boulevard a live look from traffic land if you are driving that stretch your best bet really would be to take george mason drive as an alternate headed south on glieb trying to get to 56, that ramp is open despite the fact the rest of the intersection is closed. here we are travelling northbound, 395, to find delays approaching duke street, get across the 14th street bridge into the district, 95 running

incident free. continue up past brad dock, off and on towards 56, heavy, leaving route 50, fair oaks a live look from sky fox they are over the scene in montgomery county george avenue shut down, south of randolph because of a water main break, north and southbound lanes do remain blocked also want to mention 270, northbound, mountrose road, two right lanes closed stay to the left if you are travelling westbound 370 at 270 reports of a wreck just in, howard county 32, linden church road traffic getting by single file each direction that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. we are staying on top of a developing story out of fairfax county an elderly man found shot to death inside his own home this happened early evening last night 7600 block chancellor way springfield the

victim has been identified as 75-year-old gary hansom officers searched the neighbourhood and warned neighbors to stay indoors folks are still on edge. >> the officer came with his gun and said hurry up get in the house and lock the door i was so scared i was frightened. >> they kept asking everybody, they said please go into the house just lock your doors go in the house. we didn't know what was happening. >> an all points bulletin due to a medical issue has been issued for richard hanson the victim's son, he has not been named a suspect. police are looking for this man they say he attacked a man with a hammer in culpepper virginia. he was looking for a job when the victim turned him down hernandez hit him with a hammer the victim was hospitalized but expected to be okay. >> five people including three children recovering after a

large three branch fell on them at a local park during a bible camp field trip the tree appears healthy at the time there was not a lot of wind today inspectors will be at the park to determine what happened. the search is on for a man who broke into an apartment and sexually assaulted the woman inside it happened early saturday morning lewis chapel circle the victim was awakened by a man standing in her bedroom the suspect sexually assaulted the woman and left police say there were children in the apartment but they were not hurt. talks to raise the nations debt ceiling could move to the white house. new tax hikes back on the table too. doug luzader has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: republicans would have to back away from their pledge of no new taxes the white house is optimistic this latest plan could work. president obama didn't exactly

commit. >> i think that we are in the same playing fields. >> reporter: the white house is trying to get back in the game learning the so called gang of 6 now 7 senators trying to hammer out a bipartisan debt agreement has made progress. >> i thick it is a way that -- think it is a way that will allow everyone to come together everybody can say i got something and gave something. >> reporter: it looks like this a plan to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit long term mostly through spending cuts but in part by raising taxes that aspect will be tough for many republicans to swallow. >> eyes are 234 nays 190. >> reporter: a larger spending cut was pushed through the house, no new taxes and a larger spending cut. word of a compromise had markets on a tear but enthusiasm in washington is tempered. >> one person who is pretty

important to all this has not put a plan on the table for all this talk we have gotten speeches, press conferences we have yet to see any proposal from the president to fix this problem. >> reporter: he has been reluctant to get into specifics this latest compromise in his words broadly consistent with what he wants in washington doug luzader, fox news. thank you let's check other top stories this morning. as the british phone hacking scandal continues to grow, parliament continues to hear testimony. >> a day after rupert murdoch was in the hot seat prime minister david cameron calls an emergency session of parliament. the british prime minister cut short his africa trip and. >> reporter: ed home to appear before -- returned home to appear before parliament today.

his exaid, a former editor at news of the world tabloid is among several people arrested in the scandal. yesterday rupert murdoch initially seemed confused and flussers, two hours later into the proceeding a protestor interrupted the hearing. now a man tried to throw a shaving cream pie into rupert murdoch's face his wife wendy in the pink jacket jumped up to defend her husband police arrested the man murdoch continued his testimony about 10 minutes later saying while he is the ceo of a company that hacked phones he is not responsible for what happened. >> do you accept ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco. >> no. >> you are not responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it and then maybe the

people they trusted. i worked with mr. hinton for 52 years and would trust him with my life. >> he was referring to the head of news international, where much of the phone hacking is believed to have taken place he resigned last week as ceo of dow jones where he ran the wall street journal murdoch told a committee he has no plans to resign he and his son james apologized for the scandal telling british lawmakers the company acted as swiftly and transparently as it could once it found out what happened. former news of the world editor rebecca brooks told the committee she never knowingly sanctioned pay offs to the police for information and we are getting word actor hugh grant won a legal battle in his hacking case a judge awarded him the right to see police evidence which could reveal whether his voice mails were hacked by news of the world.

the prime minister and opposition leaders are still addressing british parliament right now it is getting quite heated we are streaming this live right now on the web at myfoxdc.com if you would like to continue to watch of course we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates as they become available. >> here in the states attorney general eric holder says he is willing to meet with families of the 911 victims concerned their phones may have been hacked families issued a request for a meeting withholder, fbi director and house judiciary committees ranking democrats monday the fbi is currently investigating whether any u.s. laws may have been broken. >> more than a dozen alleged hackers from the group anonymous now in police custody federal agents arrested 14 people in nine states as well as dc britain and netherlands accused of hacking major u.s. companies. cyber crimes were allegedly committed in retaliation for companies severing ties to

wikileaks. 11 minutes past the hour. we are monitoring metro for you letting you know which station has several esculators out of service. >> having trouble trimming your waistline there may be a reason why your diet is not working straight ahead. >> as we head to break let's look at 395, pentagon looks good main lanes. >> keeping an eye on your favorite summer time songs on facebook. the doobie brothers, taking it to the streets. 7:12 a.m. 

welcome back it is 7:15 a.m., is this going to be the hottest day this week today?

>> no. >> we have another one to go? >> we have a lot to look forward to. >> yeah, we do. >> i look forward to next week. >> maybe -- maybe by next week we can -- >> is that your headline? >> take a look no relief until next week. >> oh, i guessed good guess then. >> yeah, maybe by next tuesday upper 80s. >> sounds wonderful these days. >> yes upper 80s would be nice low 90s would be nice. let's get right to the numbers, 77 washington right now, 70 boston going out to the west that is what you call heat remember it is early in the morning out to the west and places it shouldn't be, minneapolis, 83 degrees topped 79 dallas 82, st. louis 83, this entire part of the country has an excessive heat warning 14 states excessive heat warning many big cities

chicago, approach 100 degrees, minneapolis doesn't typically get that hot that far north unfortunately all that heat is headed in our direction the jet stream will relax and allow the warmer air to the east starting tomorrow triple digit heat around here through the start of the weekend. ask the question, today only mid-90s. tomorrow 100 plus. >> then the next day. >> that too. yes. one day at a time around here steve. a lot of haze, water in the atmosphere humidity worse here than many places across the country it will be today as well we will have uncomfortable conditions highs mid-90s your five day forecast, no advisories excessive heat watch in effect tomorrow afternoon you can see why temperature 100 it will feel like 110. friday 103, saturday maybe 101, cool down to 96 by sunday. >> hot for those folks a lot of people heading out for the

150th anniversary monassis. >> including us. >> saturday is when the reenactment is, in the wool battle uniforms. >> maybe they will let them wear shorts. >> it does not fit the history tucker. >> all right. >> what can you do let's check with lauren demarco good morning. >> good morning you guys, good time to check your car for fluids as you head out there today we are dealing with several incidents, kennel worth avenue, 11th street bridge disabled tractor trailing crowding the right lanes pennsylvania avenue inbound, branch avenue itself has the denver street then again alabama avenue. let's take a live look from sky fox flying over the scene in montgomery county water main break georgia avenue shore field road georgia shut down south randolph avenue, turned out of -- turned off the area,

not continue to georgia at this point. >> elsewhere around town if we look at traffic land 270 southbound reports of a wreck near montrose left side of the roadway not causing much of a delay northbound lanes blocked from debris northbound you are in pretty good shape at this point. 66, monassis, lee street in toward the belt way plan ahead earlier wreck off to the side of the roadway that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. we are monitoring the bethesda metro station where it was a tough commute last night all three of the main esculators are out of service some say it was difficult enough trying to get up and down the esculators. at one point the up esculator broke down then they tried to switch the down to up as well that failed as well to make matters worse the elevators

were out. >> awful. you know there were people saying get out of the way and -- >> it was terrible. just terrible it is hot you get confused you can fall it don't make no sense. >> the elevator is now out of service. which you know, leaves you in an impossible situation. >> metro says it has authorized overtime for esculator repair crews let us know what you see out there. >> now to a health alert this morning millions of women could get free birth control, thanks to a recommendation by health experts the panel advising the government to require insurance companies to cover birth control as care without copay. tests during pregnancy are some of the regular mended services for women. >> johns hopkins in baltimore topped the list of best hospitals. the study produced by rci

international judged medical centers on corn tans and expertise on multiple -- corn tans and expertise on multiple disciplines. if you are frustrated because you are having trouble shedding pounds listen to this. >> there could be one very good reason you diet doesn't work. how you might be eating under the influence. >> reporter: could alcohol even a little bit of it with a meal, be sabotaging your diet? >> i eat more when i drink. >> reporter: studies have proven just that alcohol can make you feel hungry even if you are not. >> the more you drink the hungrier you get >> wine makes me eat more you want some bread and cheese. and carbs on the side lots of carbs. >> when you drink the booze can

make you crave carbs. >> french fries, hamburgers, cheese burgers i regretted the next day. >> new york weight loss expert howard shapiro has a name for that, eui eating under the influence. >> eating under the influence means you have a couple drinks, maybe one too many your blood sugar is down you get hungry and grab the first thing you can find usually fast food. >> we all know caloriedrinks can add up you may be surprised how quickly. >> two glasses of wine 300 calories, 300 caloriestime times 6 nights per week, 600 calories, two weeks, gain one pound two pounds a month in a year up 24 pounds. >> it isn't just the amount of calories eui can make it harder for you to burn them. >> alcohol can't be stored in the body it metabolizes right away as it gets metabolized it

compromises your body from the fats and that slows your metabolism. >> alcohol can also prevent your body from absorbing important vitaminnutrients. >> i try to eat healthy but when you are eating under the influence the health factor goes out the window >> they don't think how it effects you at all to them i am just having a glass of wine and -- >> but he doesn't tell his patients to give up alcohol all together he advises them to take a break for a week or two and see how much easier it is to shed the pounds. thank you very much 7:23 a.m. on this wednesday morning people in one state might soon be able to legally light up a joint. marijuana where medical marijuana is oaked. -- okayed. >> same sex couples in new york getting ready to walk down the

isle. -- ail. >> holly morrison talking to local artists about their work. we will check with her when fox 5 morning news continues 

the state of new jersey the latest to consider legalizing marijuana. the governor is allowing a marijuana law to go forward. he knows distributing medical marijuana is against federal law but wants to provide compassionate treatment to people. starting sunday same sex couples in new york will legally be allowed to tie the knot so many people want to get married the city had to institute lottery for license. legally they wanted a clerk to process the license. the mayor says the clerk's office can only handle so many applications 764 to be exact.

7:27 a.m. this wednesday morning less than two weeks to go before the debt ceiling deadline. cut cap and balance measure passed the house and dead in the water now. >> as we head to break a live lookout side. i love this song the latest weather and traffic coming up from tucker and lauren we ask you to post your favorite summer time song on facebook alison says she likes the blonds summer time. >> me too. good stuff. 7:28 a.m. back after this 

♪ [ music ] while we are talking about great summertime music up in space they are dealing with space themes it was a stately wake up call as mission control played fanfare for the common man by cold play. astronauts doing their prelanding check of control systems atlantis scheduled to land just before 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning we will carry

it live here on fox 5 as they touchdown in florida. >> something about that music gives me goose bumps whenever i hear it i get the goose bumps. >> 30 years. >> pretty sad we will carry it of course here. >> we are hoping we end this heat wave tuck. >> no time soon. up up and away from here mid- 90s tomorrow triple digit heat here to stay. with humidity 110. >> we say dangerous but this is as dangerous as we have seen it this summer. >> yeah, that's right. record temperatures here next couple days, current conditions and as is in the case last couple mornings starting off uncomfortable, temperature 70s. a lot of humidity sorry about that just not going to be a great one 77 regan national, 75 quantico, let's see, 73 and annapolis, 76. low to mid-70s to start the

morning showers, thunderstorms out of here, i know we have a few that kicked up yesterday afternoon rolled off to the south dissipating overnight not much to show you fairly quiet, a little more sunshine than yesterday a few passing clouds as mentioned the jet stream, relaxed allowing warmer temperatures extremely hot to stream in from the west over the next 24 hours get ready this is issued by the national weather service and an excessive heat watch that goes into effect tomorrow afternoon a graduated version of a heat advisory the thinking is actual air temperature about 100 mix in humidity, 110 plus. the other problem once this heat wave gets going it will not quit. 95, code orange air quality plenty of sunshine, hot, humid, isolated thunder storm, winds out of the north and east, 5 to 10. clear, warm, muggy overnight

your five day forecast, again tomorrow, hot, tomorrow afternoon 100 degrees, friday flirting with records record for friday 104 forecasting 103 might be a few thunderstorms late in the day 101 saturday and even mid-90s stick around for sunday, again, a long duration heat event, keep an eye on next couple days, now to traffic lauren has your latest. >> [ audio difficulty ] >> as you travel glieb road, lanes reopened northbound, access two lanes southbound still shut down but you can access 66 southbound at washington boulevard also westbound washington boulevard get by in a lane eastbound

remains blocked, 66 remains heavy, although to the belt way delays out of monassis 66 northbound 395, congestion heading across the 14th street bridge into the district that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right lauren thank you president obama says the time for posturing has passed in congress and it needs to give a deficit plan hatched by the so called gang of six plus one joining us now democratic political strategist, peter fin and ashley rich and political director. thank you both for coming in today. yesterday, cup, cap and balance passed in the house it was expected to is there any point in talking about it now? it is not really expected to go any where is there even a slim chance? >> i think it is important we pay attention to the fact republicans did put a plan on the table they were able to get

it to pass in the house that says more than what democrats could do. >> of course they have control in the house but you know harry potter couldn't make this one work it is really sort of dead now. now the real concern is the gang of six. >> right they came out with this proposal this is something a lot of people are kind of looking at because it sounds like there may be some give on the part of republicans and the president seems to kind of like this a bit talk about the gang of 6 proposal and maybe what success rate it may have. >> gang of 6 proposal has $4 trillion in deficit decrease over the next 10 years when the president came into officer we had a $10 trillion deficit he added 4 trillion on top of that it only takes 4 trillion away over the next 10 years quite frankly i don't think that is quite enough and puts rather lightly a revenue increase code for tax increase and that leads me to believe in the house we will have a few problems.

>> i think this is one of those case it is president has gotten more -- gone more than half way with the republicans that now we are seeing sort of the responsible body at this point, the senate republicans taking hold of this, senator johannes from nebraska has come onboard too. if we can put together an agreement which knocks out $4 trillion counting off this and brings us to responsibility without hurting growth without hurting creation of jobs let's move on it and you know, i think it is a tough one ashley is right in the tense the republicans in the house are a lot more extreme than the senate, and a lot of them came to washington and said i don't care if it is the tax i don't care if it is getting rid of the tax you are supposed to get rid of any way they were just

dead set against it, despite ronald regan, despite george bush, regan as governor in california raising $6 billion they just are locked into that ideological straight jacket i think there will be enough of them and hopefully, there will be some democrats who will propose this plan too they don't like social security and medicare. >> do you think tea partiers can get behind this. >> he said the president has come more than half way, the president has known for over a year we will need to raise the debt ceiling has done nothing but proposed more spending, i think any time you hear a soft revenue increase that immediately cause employers to step back and maybe not hire >> ashley don't you think what we need is to stabilize this economy, get everybody in an optimistic moment we are solving the problem we are not just talking about it we are

actuallysolving it this president to take on your own party is a tough lick, this business of no rev has never been -- revenue has never been a president that has at some stage dealt with the revenue side of things the american public think by 20 points the republicans are intransient and the president is more willing to reach a big agreement that is what i think you are seeing in the senate now hopefully it will move forward. >> now do you think that -- obviously we are still talking about as well what is on the table senator mitch mcconnell's plan talking about giving the president authority, just you know let's fry to avoid a default -- try to avoid a default, raise the debt ceiling figure it out from there does that have the motion behind it? something that it will be able to rally behind since the deadline is under two weeks away. >> we are looking at a two tier problem. we know the bonds -- we are not

be able to pair bonds if we don't increase the debt limit however we could have interest rates higher if we don't go ahead and do so. mitch mcconnell needs a fail safe program to make sure we can do and pay what we need to do with the bonds but there may be an opportunity to get behind the gang of six program. >> it is a fall back position in a way. there is the 14th amendment and president clinton even said hey, guys you know if you have to, you do it you just do it. you know we have had votes on this since 1916 but nothing requiring the 14th amendment says we shall pay our debt no one wants to get to that point you want an agreement as ashley said, you know for a lot of us, i want something big i mean i know it is going to hurt some folks on our side but i want something big. >> the gang of six proposal they are talking about now, i was seeing some were concerned

it is very complicated, can it get through in time that is the thing can it get done before august 2nd. >> no doubt we will have a little bit of a stall in the house like i mentioned before the stock revenue increase however they want to put it will cause republican freshman to really give pause and take a hard look at the details. >> they don't want the blame on them with an economic catastrophe that is the big conundrum i will vote against a debt increase yeah, but what if they don't want that on their shoulders. >> no one wants to take the blame for anything. >> that's for sure. >> peter thank you so much and ashley rich see you next week back to you steve. it is 7:41 a.m. it is a phone hacking scandal that rocked media empire so is the trust in journalism gone or tainted at least ahead at 8, more insight on what this means for the future of journalism stay with us it is all coming up 

>> in case you have not brushed up on civil war history, it is the centennial of the battle of monassis 150 years to the day tomorrow. the first major fight of the civil war to honor that tomorrow we will take fox 5 morning news on the road head out to the battlefields and you know, surrounding areas, take an in depth look at the legacy of what happened there 150 years ago tomorrow. that will be pretty cool. >> yeah, we will be the ones with the fans. >> we sure will. >> i think a lot of people. >> i have been doing research the battle started sunrise 150 years ago. >> just before 6:00 a.m. >> a little cooler. >> a little cooler but they didn't have air conditioning so all relative. >> and they were fighting a battle. >> probably worked through a little bit of heat. >> true i am sure those muskets got hot. >> around here we will get hot

mid-90s we are used to that but not what we are going to experience as we get into the end of the week extreme heat on the way, excessive heat watch posted for the region starting tomorrow there are your current conditions 77 washington, winning number, aisle air station, dulles too. 75 ocean city another morning we have a lot of haze notice the humidity, water in the atmosphere, not much squeeze it out later today our building heat wave there is your jet stream this is what it feels like the last couple days, it allowed extreme heat to get up from places that don't see it, minneapolis, yesterday, heat index for a time 110 degrees. jet stream will be shifting relaxing allowing the heat to push east it is our turn as we get into tomorrow, our actual daytime temperatures will be about 100 and heat index 110 plus so again dangerous heat in the forecast here for the next

couple days your 5 day forecast, 95, 100 tomorrow 103 on friday, our record for friday 104 this is our hottest time of year so this is still not typical weather for washington. 96 by sunday. >> this is the hardest time august should cool down. >> things gradually cool down. >> once you hit 103. >> let's check with lauren good morning. >> keep our fingers crossed for that you guys. well, we are dealing with several incidents out there this morning out there travelling northbound dc, approaching the 11th street bridge crowded, disabled tractor trailer that was blocking the right lanes everybody slowing there to get by it. let's take a live look traffic land, good news in the situation in arlington glieb road shut down because of a serious wreck it has been reopened great news there. traffic we are seeing around that area should see some relief. >> as you travel the belt way montgomery county, on the brake s with the usual volumes,

college park, college springs, to the left of the screen there. >> also head inbound new york avenue, delays here approaching the road and then florida avenue and at the third street tunnel. we do have some video from sky fox flying over the scene georgia avenue, water main break it does remain shut down south of randolph road at shore field road. >> that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right thank you we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day joyce sims she just changed her profile pick to remind herself while she wanted -- why she wanted summer to begin. if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day search fox 5 morning news. then post a comment under joyce's photo. festival all about the arts happening in easton maryland. >> holly morris is putting her artist i think talents to the

-- artistic talents to the test. >> reporter: i think i am trying to find some but i know i have come to exactly the right place we are live this morning in easton maryland i should say picturesque and host of the plain air competition and festival of the arts we will show you first hand whether you love art or not why you need to make a road trip here next. stay with us 

holly morris has taken a road trip to easton maryland they teaching you some skills. >> reporter: yeah, it is going to have to be a quick lesson maybe i will pick audio tape thing or two -- pick up a thing or two if i don't there is hope

this is the place to be. doing a road trip to easton it is worth it itself for you to come out and see this wonderful cute, charming town but the fact they are having this event means you get more bang for your buck. the executive director joins me street side. >> good morning thanks for coming out. >> our pleasure to be here. i think there is a good segment of the population not familiar with plein air. >> you paint what you see as opposed to studios, pictures, imagination. plein air is what is in front of you. >> reporter: how does this translate into a whole festival it is a destination spot for artists and art collectors on the east coast. >> the real trick here we jury the best artists in the country, hundreds and hundreds apply 58 get in, these are the

top painters any where and they paint out all week long for four days they can paint any where in the county and then they turn their paintings in we have a great show and sale and there is all kinds of other activities that go around that. >> what is the best way for someone the plan their day or their trip to make the most of what is going on? >> one of the really spectacular events is our quick draw which happens saturday and painters hundreds anybody with $10 some ambition can come out and paint any where in the downtown blocks, and so hundreds do and it is a great show all over the place painters in every little piece of shade downtown easton and have an exhibit. >> you know what i am going to expense the $10 because i am working and bringing my own ambitionly learn how to paint myself. >> absolutely. >> i will be back and learn from two wonderful artists jennifer and laura. they join me street side as well good morning. >> good morning. >> okay so where does one begin

to learn how to do this? >> well, -- >> quickly we will show you some of the equipment you have to be prepared. >> absolutely. >> isn't it nice we have an apron that color coordinate s with your outfit. >> you know i always channel what i need to wear. >> this is to keep the paint because it gets wild and you need a visor you are out in the weather. >> i always look the part. >> then a nice ' value, easy, compact carry -- easel, easy, compact carry it around with you it is an engineering wonder you want to place this easel right here you have picked out this and you want to paint this you don't want to paint everything just pick out what you love so what you love are the greens and like so we want to have the easel set up the

right height stand up here like this,. >> mm-hmm. >> you are going to take a little bit of medium because we have your paint all laid out here. okay your greens blues we work from dark to light around here this is a little bit of medium helps your paint dry quicker then we will use a little bit of this. >> mm-hmm. >> and you are going to hold the brush and stand like this hold the brush like this. okay and stand like this. >> and oh, i am out of time. see how that works? >> that is 2 minutes. >> well, you have good tv it goes fast. >> geez louise. >> if only i had good artistic talent but look they started it for me, myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to the 7th annual plein air competition and arts festival vary use locations throughout the week we will continue to experience it next hour we will take you to a whole new location. okay we will continue our art

lesson. >> back to you chevy a feeling your fin -- back to you. >> i have a feeling your finished product will be unbelievable we will see. it is certainly fun and a great area too. to save costs a lot o cutting back on favorites now perhaps no need to. >> ahead, fox's consumer reporter will explain why it is not about tightening your budget lowering your bills stay with us we will be right back

we have a traffic alert for you this morning cars are moving through arlington after a major accident shut down the intersection all morning. plus fox's consumer reporter joining us live with tips how to lower bills without giving up the things we love. >> all right let's go to the smart phone zone as well with a story angry bird fans will want to see more on how the game and happy hour are coming together where you can go to win big prizes. find the angry bird s with the happy hour sounds like a win

win. >> thanks for being with us i am steve. >> i am sarah in for alison. well, you know, the heat wave is coming. actually, i think we are technically in the heat wave already tucker barnes? >> well, i guess the start. >> temps tomorrow will be triple digits because of the hot weather, dc vehicle inspection stations will open early to close early open from 5 to 1:00 p.m. thursday through saturday, customers who already have appointments later in the day should reschedule online. we want to thank laura, daniel, gail, and cecil for this song select they all wanted to hear martha and the vandellas. >> we will play more for you throughout the morning first let's take this picture off the screen. >> that is not pretty that is the water in the atmosphere and mixes with chemicals not a

great look. unfortunately we will not get a chance to mix up the atmosphere. hot, humid, sticky, hazy, particularly bad starting tomorrow 100 plus. >> can't imagine it being any hotter. >> i can't imagine going out and working outdoors but you will be. >> yes, we will. >> hey, there is your sentinel -- quiet conditions at the moment satellite radar not showing you cloud cover so it is just a lot of water in the atmosphere at the moment during the course of the day generally sunny a few clouds moving through and hot highs expected to be back in the mid-90s maybe an isolated storm later today 77 current number regan national humidity way up, 88%, rain yesterday helping the boost humidity for parts of the area, winds out of the northeast, 6, pressure -- well, a bonus the 5 day forecast just to start talking about the heat 95 today, 100, 103, 101 as we get into the weekend. >> you know it is bad when i

look at sunday, oh, only 96. >> we have an update on a traffic alert in arlington a road shut down because of an accident involving a police officer now back open. >> it happened near washington boulevard and north glieb road. the latest from the scene for us good morning stacy. >> good morning sarah i have good news to report this morning first, take a look the roadway is open for folks travelling through this section of arlington washington boulevard, north gliab road reopened. let me show you video of what the scene looked earlier this morning, 2:15 a.m. an arlington county police officer was responding to a call for a fight at boston mall a police vehicle collided with a toyota corolla driven by a female the officer was transported to hospital in serious condition the driver of the corolla was taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries we do not

know many more details about the crash i asked if lights and sirens were on they don't know, if alcohol or speed was a folk tore we don't know but at -- factor we don't know but the officer is 40 years old, 5 year veteran i was told recently by the spokesperson although he is in serious condition it seems many of his wounds may be superficial that is a good sign they expect him to make a full recovery the accident investigation lasted most of the morning the roadway is back up and running delays appear minimal for more on traffic issues lauren how is it looking. >> thank you yeah, you do want the watch for a little congestion, 29, lee highway, arlington boulevard, george mason drive, great news glieb road reopened washington boulevard. >> we do have some new information northbound dc, 295, heavy, approaching the 11th street bridge, 66 as you head

inbound, past on to the belt way, slow traffic, monassis no problems to report. belt way inner loop slow springfield past brad dock road. your lanes are open as you travel 270, we have delays southbound, heading down toward mountrose road because of an earlier wreck that is cleared out of the way video from sky fox earlier they were over the scene georgia avenue, just south of randolph road remains shut down because of a water main break closed at shore field road you want to avoid that area, think about your alternate 29, now to get out in that area that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. fox 5 continues to monitor metro a top hike for commuters yesterday during rush hour the transit agency says one of the three esculators at the bethesda station was already under repair and the other two

stopped working they were out of service for about an hour right in the middle of the commute forcing commuters to climb up and down after a long day's work. >> it was terrible. i have an artificial knee and it is very painful. i had to stop and there were people saying get out of the way and that. >> really? >> yeah. >> metro officials say this overwhelming heat makes metal expand and can lead to mechanical failure they expect more outages as the week continues. >> monitor metro, e-mail your pictures, videos, send them to fox 5 metro@gmail.com. >> david cameron is talking about the phone hacking scandal

that brought down news of the world he said his former chief should be considered innocent until proven guilty. he is one of the five people arrested the prime minister said he is looking at ways to bring new leadership to britain's police force. >> the simple fact is that the whole affair raises huge issues about ethics and practices of our police let me state plainly the vast majority of our police officers are beyond reproach and serve the public with distinction but police corruption must be rooted out. >> now yesterday there were some unexpected fireworks as news corp. ceo rupert murdoch testified before parliament fox news senior foreign affairs correspondent had more from london. >> rupert murdoch chairman and chief executive of news corp. and son james faced the music after weeks of allegations of wrong doing at one of their uk newspapers as well as arrests

and resignations. they appeared before a committee of british parliament. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> two and a half hours into the testimony a protestor hurled a plate apparently of shaving cream at rupert murdoch his wife wendy struck back and saved the day. not just of public figures, but victims of terror and crime including 13-year-old british girl millly doweller kidnapped and killed in 2002. >> i was absolutely shocked appalled and ashamed when i heard about the millly doweller case only two weeks ago. >> murdoch rejected reports phones of 9/11 victims had been hacked. >> we have seen no evidence of that at all as far as we know the fbi have not. if they do we will treat it the

same way as we treated here and i cannot believe it happened from anyone in america. >> both father and son said they were not aware of broad based hacking or alleged bribery of police until recently. >> these actions do not live up to standards our company aspires to everywhere around the world. >> rebecca brooks left her position as ce objection of news corps british newspaper position she said she was unaware of wrong doing. >> i have never paid police myself never knowingly sanctioned or knowingly sanctioned a payment to a police officer. >> whether rupert murdoch was asked whether he should resign he said others at the paper and company have betrayed him >> i think frankly i am the best person to carry this out. >> according to veteran newspaper man, rupert murdoch one of the biggest sins may be

betrayal of readers trust. in london fox news. we will continue to follow the scandal for you we should mention news corp. is the parent company of fox 5. steve. >> there was some movement on fixing the budget last night the house passed a tea party bill. but the so called cut, cap and balance plan not going any where in the democrat controlled senate and faces a promised veto by the president. bipartisan gang of six senators mixes cuts and lacks specifics. many doubt they can fix it through congress. coming up, more on the scandal surrounding news of the world what it means for the future of journalism. >> plus tucker is back with hazy, hot and humid weather we asked our facebook fans what

their famous summer songs are, kenny chesney's hit summertime 

police have not made an arrests in the deadly shooting of an elderly man the body of 75-year-old gary hansom was found inside his home. an all points bulletin due to a medical issue has been issued for the victims son richard hanson. >> inspectors will be at garfield park trying to find out what caused this large free branch to fall it landed on five people including three children at bible camp all five were taken to hospital but everybody will be okay. >> nasa conducting another research flight over the

baltimore washington parkway. the aircraft will fly at low altitudes over the study region. >> coming up 8:15 a.m. let's check with tucker with a look at the forecast. tuck. >> you got it right. >> cute. >> love that. >> he is going the keep it cool this is hendrik. >> cool name. >> keeping the sun his little baby head. >> cool straw hat. >> what a great song. >> very adorable. >> what a great photograph. look at his face. >> we are going to need hat like that today, tomorrow >> chef you want to protect your head. yeah. it is going to be very hot, a lot of sunshine next couple days so my advice take it easy, but cool looks like you are doing a good job. go to myfoxdc.com and click on

mornings. let's get to the weather forecast this is the only headline you need to know no relief until next week. yeah, that's right. next week we are talking monday or tuesday before we are going to call it quits on this heat wave moving in again it will be relentless around here starting tomorrow temperatures going to be 100 plus. currently 78 at regan national i mentioned earlier, 14 states out to the west, currently under an excessive heat warning places that don't typically see a lot of heat are well, painfully hot, minneapolis, 85 degrees they had a heat index yesterday over 110 for a time incredible. >> 79 dallas, 78 wichita all that heat will spread east over the next couple days get ready for it when it arrives it will be relentless. a few thunderstorms yesterday dissipated overnight should be mostly season any day today that hazy sunshine look autoyour window -- out your window a lot of water, a lot of

haze, humidity, highs today mid- 90s could be an isolated storm but most of the day should feature weather. 100 tomorrow under excessive heat watch tomorrow, 103 friday, flirting with records, saturday 101, cool us down to 96 by sunday. >> that is a look at your weather forecast, traffic and just want to talk about something ♪ [ music ] ♪ hot blooded, check it and see i've got a fever of 103 ♪ >> you are hot blooded? >> yes. >> all right. right now travelling in virginia, a few new accidents to report, new braddock road, accident, southeast dc martin luther king junior avenue howard and morris road there is a wreck let's take a live look traffic land we have an accident -- actually more of an

incident ken nil worth avenue -- kennel worth avenue, pennsylvania avenue, right there at the freeway, things are stacking up northbound 295, closed at pennsylvania because of poor road conditions we want to avoid that. >> 66 eastbound as you head in, just jammed, also delays through monassis as well. lanes open, 395 northbound, congestion leaving the belt way, duke street at the 14th street bridge. >> earlier today, we were dealing with the incident here in arlington, glieb road washington boulevard cleared out your lanes reopened sky fox over the scene georgia avenue, south randolph road, the roadway was shut down because of a water main break you are able to access it northbound southbound georgia avenue does remain shut down after randolph, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you very much more on

the scandal surrounding rupert murdoch and news corp. which owns fox 5. yesterday murdoch appeared before british parliament saying we have broken our trust with our readers, can that trust be restored what is the future of journalism is it effected by what is happening in england. al tom kins senior faculty of pointer institute. >> let's talk -- well, first of all let's talk about geographically this all happening in england dealing with a british publication, obviously news corporation owns a lot of entities here in the u.s. are we looking at this as the kind of thing that could effect journalism in the u.s. or that is over there doesn't matter here. >> well, i would like to hope newsrooms around the country, around the world would start seeing the value of teaching ethics talking about ethical decision making, making it part

of their every day, get indoctrinated with ethical standards it doesn't happen because you are so busy you have a lot going on and short staffed and all those things that is what happens we just stop talking about the thing that is are so important and eventually something explodes like this. it will happen again. it has happened across the american medium landscape many times we are contrite for awhile and then it happens again and then we are contrite again pretty soon the public starts losing trust for good. >> that is exactly what rupert murdoch was talking about yesterday, it was a betrayal of reeders trust now they have to work on restoration of that trust how do you go about doing that can you ever fully regain that trust? >> well, steve p it starts with making it part of the corporate culture i think a lot of people were surprised yesterday when murdoch himself said he was not responsible for this.

in american corporate culture we are used to the ceo taking responsibility for what the company did whether he or she himself or herself were directly involved so i think that was pretty shocking all the same, your stock prices were up yesterday, investors seemed to hear what they want to hear and the company moves forward. we will find out whether it is corporate wide whether the company truly has a dedication to talking about ethics, when newsrooms like yours or like at fox news or any where, that news corp. is involved with, start having serious training conversations about every day ethical conversations, these were not one time decisions these were decisions made over and over and over again, at news of the world, to tap people's voice mail. and it was a corporate culture. >> you bring up an interesting point you mention the stock was up yesterday you mention investors may be appeased by

this but a lot of it comes down to the reeders, the viewers, listeners when it comes to that trust level when you look at a corporation like news corp. it is not the only media empire out there is media getting too big with all the entities that fall under big corporate umbrellas in. >> i am not one that thinks big business is necessarily bad like you and a lot of people in our business we work for small businesses, large corporations i have worked for some wonderful, fortune 500 media companies that were incredibly ethical. i think it is not whether it is a big business or small business whether it needs to be ethical or not i am convinced, there are excellent large businesses that act righteously and frankly, as we have seen, it is business like yours fox local news stations have weathered the recession much better than some smaller groups, and much better than

some larger groups partly because of the diversity of your company when advertising is down in television it is possible that other parts of a very large corporation can absorb those expenses you don't end up laying off people and cutting back on important journalists it is not the size of the company so much as it is -- i may get lost here. >> we got you we are still there. >> it is not the size to have business to me so much as it is you know whether the business means to be ethical. >> we certainly appreciate your incite this morning al torch kin s with the pointer institute thanks so much al. all right very interesting incite indeed. 8:23 a.m. on wednesday. more movement in the nfl labor negotiations. >> back in eastern maryland live at the east coast pre mere art festival meet some of the artists involved we are keeping an eye on projects in progress

as well. stay with us. 8:23 a.m. 

welcome back, nbas version of yao mania is over he has

retired the 30-year-old suffered a series of foot and leg injuries over hisle year career the latest was -- his 8 year career the latest was a stress fracture in his foot he will return to work with his former chinese team and there is talk of him becoming general manager of the shanghai sharks. associated press reporting players executive committee reviewed a portion of proposed deal but not jet voted and a full agreement in principle has not been finalized either reps from all teams are expected in dc once again today. owners could vote on a finalized deal in atlanta tomorrow. >> 8:27 a.m., up next foxes consumer reporter joins us with tips how to lower your bills. >> tucker is back with a hazy, humid, hot forecast love this song too. we asked our facebook fans what is your favorite summer song

edwin grey took it back to the early 80s with cool summer by banana rama. >> stay with us fox 5 morning news we will be right back 

>> a fair in kentucky giving people their own chance to determine the fate of casey anthony featuring a dunk tank. two targets one says guilty one says innocent guess which one everyone is throwing at. >> a hearing for a virginia man accused of shooting at the pentagon. >> marine corps museum and other military museums, but today's appearance is for breaking into cars in lees burg. he was charged last month in federal court with a series of shootings at targets beginning

in october. >> not everybody knows how to drive a stick shift we know that. in maryland, that this warted an attempted carjacking two men tried to steal a car from a gas station but they thought it was a stick shift and ran off. >> who would have thought that would prevent theft do you know how to drive a stick shift? >> of course. >> no. >> i learned when i was 16. a long time but i learned. >> they tried to teach me. >> it was here is your car learn how to drive it if you want to drive it. >> i still owe my mother a clutch >> and a lot more considering you were her son. >> yes. >> i do. >> all right let me quickly get to the weather forecast. i only get a minute. >> very quick we want to let

you know 295 northbound closed apparently a hole in the road don't know if that is because of the heat or not but if you are travelling that way 295 northbound pennsylvania avenue closed right now. >> all right more coming up temperatures 78 regan national and you know what overnight lows only mid-to upper 70s once again starting off with much discomfort out there and we will be another day with a lot of haze, heat humidity mid-90s today here come the 100s tomorrow. i don't have a lot to show you shower and thunderstorm activity some brought relief last night generally we are looking at clear skies i know it looks hazy we have a lot of wa atmosphere -- water in the atmosphere causing the haze but no cold front to bring us relief the jet stream will relax and allow that heat out west to get in here later tonight and particularly during the day tomorrow. because of that quickly, we have an excessive heat watch

for counties in red the thinking later tomorrow is that the heat index will approach 110 measure of actual air temperature and humidity will feel like 110 so excessive heat warning for tomorrow and dangerous heat will stick around friday and saturday as well. there is your five day forecast 95, could be an isolated storm late most of the day dry, thursday, friday, saturday, temperatures, 100 plus. records toward the end of the week that is a look at your weather forecast steve back to you guys. you are trying to stretch the family dollar as far as you can but hate giving up your favorite products and services you might not have to. >> fox news reporter steve joins us. it is not about tightening your budget but lowering bills how? >> it costs companies a lot of money to go out and find you they would ratherry retain you

than it would harvesting a new customer. it is all about knowing who to ask and how to phrase your questions to make sure you stop paying top dollar for services you enjoy most. >> here is a big question if it is a contract type situation is there a way to talk yourself into a better rate or deal? >> all right here are some deals you have to know when you go and do this bargaining you want to call customer service first thing is first you are exactly right you want to figure out whether or not you are in a contract that will determine how much bargaining power you have. if you are not in a contract you have all sorts of bargaining power. you can ask can i extend the terms of my contract and work in some sort of better deal. you want to specifically ask to speak to the customer retention department these are the folks in customer service whose job it is to retain the customers

that a company has these people want to make deals you also want to make sure you have another offer in your hand don't just say hey, i want a discount tell someone what it is you want and always always be prepared to walk. what if they just won't bargain. >> if they absolutely won't budge with you i do this all the time nine times out of ten they usually will if they won't it is your job to do the extra homework and find out where the hidden savings are. your car call your insurance company ask about bundling can you take defensive driving how can they get your billower can you go for a low mileage discount if you are a low mileage driver, look at things like banking habits can you switch to a credit union can you call your credit card company and ask for a lower rate or make sure you are

reviewing your technology package in your own home do you really use all the channels you get on dish network or direct tv or whoever your satellite or cable provider is if not ask for a reduced package. and also review your data plan and your cell minute plan i got to tell you any time i call my cell provider, i always say hey, you know what i think i am paying too much money here i am not using all the services you have they are willing to work with you, the bottom line is they can't stand the thought of losing you as a customer they want to keep your cash coming in, even if it is a little less cash every month. >> i have done that before had mixed success some times it works some times they put you off is this the kind of thing we can keep going back to or there is a limit only we should do this once every couple monthses or year or so >> i do it once every quarter once every six months and always tell folks some times they will give you some temporary break i say hey, can

you note my account and let me know in six months i can call back and revisit this and either continue this temporary discount or look for a better one. >> steve, appreciate it. great advice cust more retention department one of the key ones. >> it is. >> and it just shows you need the push harder they just might give. >> very frustrating but you need to ask. >> wednesday morning coming up talking about the bad news when it comes to the economy layoffs could be coming to the world's largest defense contractor here in the dc area >> our job of the day as well stay with us it is 8:38 a.m., we will be right back ai4:.. r

>> lock heed martin the world's largest defense contractor is offering buyouts to 6500 u.s. based workers, 2,000 eligible employees are based here in the dc area. now according to the washington post severance package includes two weeks pay, plus another week of pay for each year of service. workers have until august 12th then the company will decide whether they need to start laying off more employees. >> if you are looking for work don't forget about our job shop

our job of the day is with at&t in arlington, a web developer, for more on this job and many others go to myfoxdc.com click on the job shop tab at the top of the home page. >> all right it is now 8:41 a.m. on wednesday up next, smart phone zone with a story all you angry birds fans will want to see. >> how you can play the game and possibly win big prizes. first let's check with holly and her artistic skills this morning. >> reporter: well, i am putting them on hold right now steve because i am taking advantage of this beautiful setting who wouldn't want to start the morning like this you are only going to find something as picturesque in easton maryland where we are live you can come and join easton and the plein arts festival this weekend, stay with us 

i asked wisdom earlier, are you an angry birds fan or player. >> i am an amateur if i had six

hours >> if you consider yourself an expert you may be able to put your skills to the test and win some prizes. >> now with more on that lauren. >> all right you guys well, angry birds is now downloaded somewhere around a million times a day i know plenty of you guys out there watching know how the play the renaissance arlington capital new hotel create crated an -- created an angry birds happy hour at their restaurant sochi. i went and checked it out it is worth a trip. >> i play god of the angry birds. >> he is the senior manager of operations for beverage and food of the hotel. he picks which version of the game will be played and the level the players have to start on. >> i feel confident about my angry bird skills. i only saw it last night for the first time. so i figure if i am second or third i am doing good.

>> you don't have to be a master even if you lay an egg so to speak there is always next week. >> i did okay. i could have done better. >> i think i am going to download some more i wasn't used to that level but i am going to try to strategize look at what others are doing. >> the prizes, pretty phenomenal, gift certificates for dinner for two at the restaurant free stays at the hotel plus each week's winner will be in the pool for the drawing of an ipad 2. >> free to come in and play no charge to anyone we invite everyone to come in and give it a try. >> there are some fancy cocktails you can try out and a special happy hour menu, i expected pork and bacon but there is actually several chicken dishes on there. not sure how the birds would feel about that. >> they are angry we got their eggs as well don't tell them. >> angry birds would be happy to know that along with embracing new technology the renaissance is also rated as a

green hotel. >> energy conservation, materials that are used to build the hotel, walter con certificate -- water conservation we compost all our food waste it becomes fertilizer for virginia farms where we get our products from. >> it is strictly 21 and over kids are welcome in the restaurant soshi plans to offer a high tech experience for them too. >> most restaurants have a little color thing we are bringing in i touches for them to play video games before they have dinner. >> back to the angry birds happy hour it will run every thursday, at sochi. >> happy hours versus angry hours with angry birds, this is perfect >> it runs 4 to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night's prize will be at least one free night at the hotel. for more head to myfoxdc.com

look under the mornings page for the smart phone zone now you guys i got to say it was kind of empty it wasn't that many people there i think your chances are pretty good if you have angry bird skills. >> now everybody may want to go. >> well, i would hit it up. >> sounds like good prizes. >> goes through the 25th of august. >> plus an excuse to play games. >> it is so addictive. >> that is the problem. >> thanks lauren. >> holly headed out to easton maryland what a great area. >> it really is they are hosting an art competition and festival all this week through sunday have you learned anything and. >> yes, i am working on my painting be patient it takes time for a master piece to be creative but i am taking a break from my painting now there is so many wonderful things to share not only with easton but this amazing event. jessica rogers the gm of avalon theatre, we were talking what really makes this art festival different is that it is --

well, a couple things one it makes art accessible. >> my gosh totally, you are part of the creative process you have seen it you have been part of the creative process this morning the art is being created in front of you something you can see and understand, this is not abstract painting this is the stuff right in front of you beloved themes here. >> you could have some wonderful breakfast. >> and be painted. >> exactly. >> and hang it on the wall and you have a story to tell. >> totally by the time saturday rolls around there are thousands of paintings to be had fresh oils, really accessible price points, to come and enjoy and easton is such a great arts town any way the galleries are fabulous demonstrations almost everywhere and there is three dimensional art down in thompson park, a great mosaic artist who comes down every year so there is a little bit of everything music, entertainment in the streets, children's painting events, so if your kids are down here they can learn how the paint as well. there is a little bit of

something for everyone and it all feels again accessible and like the kind of stuff you love. the other thing that is great about it, it is definitely high end art the talent is amazing here >> these are the best artists in the country. hups of people apply to -- hundreds of people apply to come paint here these are the top 58. >> at the same time you don't need an art history degree to understand the painting. >> no, when it is hanging on your wall someone pays you a complement you can say i was there. >> we are watching nancy owner of south street gallery hard at work here this morning, it also says in my notes you are the mind child behind the festival. >> um, i actually did take the idea to al bonds who took it and ran with it. >> why did you thing this was such a great idea it would flourish? people make it a destination for this week. >> absolutely. well, it is funny 2004 we had

botched the south street -- bought the south street art gallery i didn't know about easton before that. long story short i went to carmel that same year and attended the carmel art plein air festival i thought it was great and i came back to easton and thought it would really work here because this is such a charming little town, there is so many things to paint and the whole county is full of fabulous scenes. >> i am working on my master piece this morning i did a little earlier painting. >> oh, good. >> it is progressing well. but i want to pick your brain like as you are looking at your setting and you are coming up with your piece here what are you thinking? >> i am really painting the light and i am -- i have to paint quickly the light changes so quickly when you do a plein air scene. i squint my eyes frequently it

simplifies the dark light pattern. >> does everyone paint in oil? >> no, the majority paint in oil because it is a forgiving medium, you can make a lot of changes to oil you can scrape it off do a lot of things but you can't with water color but there are some excellent water color painters here and i think we have -- do we have pastel this year? some times we have pastel. >> if i hurry and sit down can you add me? i feel bad she is there by herself. >> sure. >> do you have 5 minutes. >> yeah, but she is probably enjoying the quiet and reading here this morning and you will enjoy the competition and festival activities going on now through sunday myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to theirs if you want to find out more, all the different activities and venues you can come take advantage of in our next hour i will reveal my master piece. back to you in studio. >> expectations are high on that master piece. >> can't wait to see it. >> thanks holly.

>> this week we are in our region, 150 years since the battle of monas sis the first major fight of civil war tomorrow we take our show on the road. that is tomorrow fox 5 morning news beginning at 6:00 a.m. now we are going to learn a little bit more about monassis coming up 9:15 a.m. this morning, that includes the traffic, shuttle plan around the city, very busy out there, as well as how we are going to handle the heat. >> want to plan ahead for that a lot of folks will be out there. next hour the first lady to hit the reality tv air waves, what show michelle obama will appear on. we are back after this .

we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day joyce sims she just changed her facebook profile picture to remind her why she wants summer. if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook searching for fox 5 morning news, post a comment under joyce's photo, which was from a few months back. >> serving in the military, certainly a life changing event, some who would sacrifice are getting help with a wedding. military families getting a boost from a nonprofit that teams with businesses all over the country one is in monassis giving away 50 bridal gowns, thousands worth of merchandise it could have sold if you would like more information about brides across america visit myfoxdc.com. that is it for this hour fox 5 morning news one more hour to go, wisdom back joining

sarah to take us until 10:00 a.m. >> thank you steve a look at stories for the 9:00 a.m. hour, drama continues until the uk phone hacking scandal a day after the ceo of news corp. rupert murdoch and his son james answer questions before parliament the british prime minister addresses an emergency session of the body what he had to say coming up. >> major intersection shut down during rush hour traffic cars are moving again it wasn't an easy commute details about a crash involving a police officer coming up next. >> we couldn't get him in yesterday because of some other news we were following but as promised, he talks to tony about his new album and will reform for us as well little later on. >> one thing i do miss, we have the picture of the fan of the day in her hood i could kind of deal with some snow right now. >> not me. i am like steve i don't ever want to see any snow again